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WASHINGTON Senators are preparing to pull a possible all-nighter Thursday to vote on dozens of budget amendments ranging from a call to arm Ukrainian troops against the Russians, to a bid to cover "virtual colonoscopies" under Medicare. The marathon voting session known on Capitol Hill as a "vote-a-rama" is expected to stretch into the wee hours of Friday morning as bleary-eyed lawmakers cast back-to-back ballots every 10 minutes or so. None of the hundreds of amendments under consideration will have the force of law. The rapid-fire series of votes is merely symbolic: a quirky bit of political theater in the Senate that gives lawmakers an opportunity to gauge support...

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WASHINGTON Senators are preparing to pull a possible all-nighter Thursday to vote on dozens of budget amendments ranging from a call to arm Ukrainian troops against the Russians, to a bid to cover "virtual colonoscopies" under Medicare. ...

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